By comparison, British Prime Minister David Cameron is paid a salary of £142,500, while a cabinet minister earns £134,565. According to earlier reports, more than 1,000 Brussels officials earn more than either the Prime Minister or his ministers.

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Most elected British pubic officials, even relatively senior ones, receive far less than the 3,000 Brussels civil servants referred to in the Dutch report. An MP is paid £65,738, and a Select Committee chair gets £80,320.

As Mr. Cameron seeks to persuade Brussels to freeze the EU budget rather than push ahead with further spending increases, the figures will likely be seized upon by eurosceptics in his party.